Frankfurt Tops Rhein, Reaches World Bowl

Published 8:00 pm, Saturday, May 31, 2003

The Frankfurt Galaxy routed the Rhein Fire 38-7 on Sunday to earn their fifth trip to the World Bowl.

Frankfurt (6-3), which snapped a seven-game losing streak to the Fire, won the championship in 1995 and 1999.

The Scottish Claymores (5-4) beat the Barcelona Dragons (5-4) 45-7 on Saturday, and both teams can still earn a spot in the title game in Glasgow, Scotland on June 14. The Fire (5-4) also have a chance to reach the NFL Europe final.

Frankfurt scored 21 unanswered points in the second period and limited the Fire to a fourth-quarter score.

Robert Baker caught a 14-yard touchdown pass from James Brown, and an 82-yard scoring pass from Quinn Gray, who also tossed a 61-yard touchdown pass to Marc Lester. Jonas Lewis scored on a 3-yard run, and Adam Tate scored from 1 yard out.